During the First World War the Regiment gained 36 Battle Honours and 7 Victoria Crosses, losing 3,860 men during the course of the war.
1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Aldershot as part of the 1st (Guards) Brigade of the 1st Division.
Aug 1914 Mobilised for war and move to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Aubers, The Battle of Loos.
25.08.1915 Transferred to the 2nd (Guards) Brigade of the same Division.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France near Maubeuge.
13, Rowlands Terrace, St Paul Street, Hull
Died on
22/12/1914
Aged
20
Born Attercliffe, Yorkshire, 1894. Born Benjamin Albert Eastburn. Son of Edith M. Eastburn (1863-1935), of 2, Hannah Terrace, St Pauls Street, Hull (Husbands army address) and 13, Rowlands Terrace, St Paul Street, Hull (Son's War Pension address). H enlisted in Hull. Served as Private, 10829, 1st Coldstream Guards. Died on 22/12/1914. […]
5 HARRIETS TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/11/1918
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ADOLPH FREDRIK JOHANNSON (1840-1923) AND LOUISA SCHROEDER KRAUSE (1861-1837), OF 3, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS SWEDISH. HIS MOTHER GERMAN. HE HAD EIGHT SIBLINGS AND FOUR HALF SIBLINGS FROM HIS FATHER'S FIRST MARRIAGE. HIS WIFE, MRS BEATRICE HAYMAN JOHNSON LIVED AT, 5, HARRIETS TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREE […]
BORN HULL, 22/09/1885. SCULCOATES. ONLY SON OF BRUCE KIRK & CECILIA CLARKE, OF 25 CLUMBER STREET, 49 LINNAEUS STREET AND SHEPHERDS BUSH, LONDON. HE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT LAON, ON 27/09/1914, AGED 29. HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF MR WILLIAM KIRK, HULL PRINTER. MR E T SHARP WAS HIS UNCLE. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL HAVING WORKED NINE YEA […]
BORN ST MARYS, LEIGH, LANCS 1895. SON OF JOSEPH AND MARGARET KNOWLES, 7 STEPNEY GROVE, FLEET STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS ON 23/07/1913, IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE WITHTHE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/10/1914, AGED 20. HIS 46 FRANCIS STREET, HULL, ADDRESS IS FROM THE HUL […]
2 RAILWAY COTTAGES, ARGYLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/01/1915
Aged
24
BORN DRIFFIELD 1891. LIVED HULL. SON OF FRANCIS JOHN AND MARY ANN. CLERK FOR HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER.
Lance Corporal
BORN RIPLINGHAM, YORKS, 1894. SON OF JOSEPH H & MARY H HIGHT, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 31/07, 1917, AGED 23, SERVING WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES, BELGIUM
Guardsman
29 , FRODSHAM STREET, HULL, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
14/10/1915
Aged
30
BORN GRAVESEND, KENT 1886. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1910. HUSBAND OF DORA (NEVIS) LYNCH, LIVED AT- 2 GRANVILLE TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HEDON ROAD, 15 CLARENCE AVENUE, DELHI STREET AND 29 FRODSHAM STREET, MARFLEET, HULL. A FORMER DOCKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FOUGHT AT MONS AND THE REAR GUARD ACTION WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. W […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1877. HUSBAND OF ANNIE E (CAPEWELL) AT 38, STEPNEY LANE, HULL. ELDEST SON OF MARY & HORATIO ROSS WATT MARSHALL - 40 & 10 PORTLAND STREET. HIS BROTHER JAMES WEIGHTON MARSHALL DIED IN 1917. FORMER BAKER BEFORE THE WAR. HE HAD SERVED 12 YEARS WITH COLOURS AND RESERVES AND HIS TIME EXPIRED IN MARCH 1910. HE RE-ENLISTED IN H […]
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF ALBERT JAMES AND ANNIE ELIZABETH McNEILL, OF 18, GORDON STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO ALICE McNEILL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AS A CLERK, FOR MESSRS T.W. WILSON. HE WAS ALSO A SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHOLAR, AND CHOIR BOY AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS AND WAS KILLED ON 29TH OC […]
BORN GLOUCESTER 1885. SON OF DANIEL McPHAIL MERRYLESS (1860-1936) AND ELIZA HARRISON (1862-1911). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. MARRIED SCULCOATES, HULL, JULY 1913. HIS WIFE VIOLET BREWER AND DAUGHTER JOYCE MERRYLEES (BORN 1914), LIVED AT 7 WASHINGTON VILLAS, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL. HE HAS BEEN N THE ARMY FOR FOUR YEARS AND SERVED […]
5 HARDINGS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/11/1917
Aged
23
BORN HESSLE 1894. SON OF HENRY AND SARAH ANN PLUMMER, THIS ADDRESS AND LATER HESSLE. A FORMER BUS CONDUCTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. COMMEMORATED: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF SOLOMAN & JESSIE MARY ANN PARKER (1860-1939), OF 65 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN THE FRANCE ON 13/08/1914, WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS, AS PART OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN […]
12 MELTON TERRACE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/11/1916
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES THOMAS RICHOMOND & EMMA RICHMOND, OF 12 MELTON TERRACE, LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF A MACHINEMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. LIVED AT SPITTLE STREET, HULL. WORKED FOR THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MLLS, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13565, 1ST BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, […]
CUDWORTH, WEST RIDING, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
29/10/1914
Aged
26
BORN NEWBOLD, YORKS 1888. A NATIVE OF ANLABY COMMON, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE IS FEATURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/10/1914. * HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, WILSON S […]
18 VERANDAH AVENUE, SOMMERSCALES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1893. ST LUKES. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED WITH BROTHER & SISTER ABOVE. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. GENERAL LABOURER.
BORN HULL 1895. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE & BLANCHE SHIPLEY OF 5 RICHARDS BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL AND 57 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS. JA SCOTT, LIGHTER OWNERS, HIGH STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/03/1917, AGED 22. […]
BORN HAWERBY, LINCS, 1885. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & FANNY SIMMONS. KNOWN AS BILL. LEFT TWO SISTERS & BROTHER IN LAWS. WENT MISSING ON 21/1/15.
Died on
25/01/1915
Aged
31
Born Hawerby, Lincolnshire, 1884. Son of Fanny (1865-1955) and Charles William Simons (1862-1952), of 2, South View, Anlaby Common, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Builder's Labourer. He had one brother and five sisters. Worked as a Railway Pharmacist and working Labourer. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st Coldstream Guards. […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WALTER SMITH & EMMA JANE (DOWDY) SMITH, AT 29 ABBEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A CONFECTIONER BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARD. WOUNDED IN THE THIGH AT LA BASSEE, ON 22/12/1914. INVALIDED TO SHEFFIELD HOSPITAL AND A CONVALSCENT HOME, IN NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (HDM 1 […]
BORN DUBLIN, MALAHIDE, 1892. CHRISTENED AS ALFRED GEORGE SPIRES, BUT KNOWN AS GEORGE. ELDEST SON OF ALFRED RICHARD SPIRES (1853-1918) & MARGARET SPIRES, OF 7, ASH GROVE, ABBEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 21, PENNINGTON STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE JOINED RECKITTS 0N 26/04/1907. WORK […]
